Jono, Ben & Megan - The Podcast - March 02 - Has A Celebrity Ever Stared You In The eyes?

Episode Date: March 2, 2021

Kia Ora & welcome to today's podcast! Producer Juliet shared a story about how she managed to have a conversation with Justin Timberlake in the middle of his concert about 7 years ago, where she was basically demanding he give her his towel! Crazy millennial! So, we wanted to know if something similar has happened to you, or whether a celebrity has ever stared you in the eyes. Some good stories came through! We also caught up with the Bachelorette Lexie Brown and her winning boyfriend Hamish after the final episode aired last night. Finally, we had recording producer on, Brian Malouf, who has produced songs & albums for Michael Jackson, Queen, Miley Cyrus and the Jonas Brothers. Super interesting guy. Enjoy the pod!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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Jono and Ben back at it again. Ben Boyce, lovely to see you. Nice to see you. Welcome back to the podcast. Where have they gone? Well, maybe if you're binging Boyce, lovely to see you. Nice to see you. Welcome back to the podcast. Where have they gone? Well, maybe if you're binging the podcast. Oh, I see. Maybe you went and did some chores or something.

If you've just arrived to the podcast, welcome. Welcome. Or welcome back. Yes. Depending on what you're doing. There's not many podcasts that drill down on whether we need to welcome you or welcome you back. Yeah, I'd just like to know these details. Previously on Jono and Ben, the podcast.

What's that? Oh, you're giving a recap sort of update of where things are at. Well, yeah, they do. Like, if you've just joined the series now, previously on the show, you've had two desperate radio announcers trying to fill three hours of airtime every morning. Yeah, well, somehow we managed to do it.

Not great. But sometimes you're leaving and you're like, what did we say? What are we talking about? What did we managed to do it. Not great. But sometimes you're leaving and you're like, what did we say? What are we talking about? What did we talk about? Wild, wild stuff. Something that we didn't get into the show today,

something that I feel a little bit bad because producer Juliet worked really hard behind the scenes to get us some audio from The Bachelorette, the TV show that finished

in New Zealand last night. And we had Lexi and the man that she chose, Hamish, on the show, the brand-new couple, and we didn't get a chance to play the game. Juliet had got the audio for us, so we thought let's do it in the podcast.

Well, then the audio doesn't go to waste. Juliet's hard labour, blood, sweat, and tears have poured into this. Literally, there's blood all over the carpet. I don't know why. She must have cut herself in the process somehow. But being the gamers... In what order does that... No, no, that's not good.

Well, the blood, sweat and tears. Yeah, would you say you were sweaty, then you bled, and then you cried afterwards? Would that be normally the way it would happen? Maybe you're running... Yeah, running, tripped over, scraped your knee,

started crying. Blood... Oh, no, sweat, blood and tears. There's more sweat, blood and tears. Because if you're bleeding, you probably don't start sweating, do you? No. Oh, depending on the scale of the injury. Yeah, well, maybe that's it. It's a bad injury, you start sweating, and then you're like, oh, it's start sweating, do you? No. Oh, depending on the scale of the injury.

Yeah, well, maybe that's it. It's a bad injury, you start sweating, and then you're like, oh, it's real bad. All of the pain kicks in. Yeah, you're crying, yeah. Yeah, so what we're going to do, Ben, is play you clips. You're meant to be Lexi from The Bachelorette. Okay. And you need to guess what the, this is the beep test, what words have been beeped out.

Okay, here's number one. Yeah, I just thought, like, it would all be hotter right now than me showing her how good at **** I am. Well, here's number one. Yeah, I just thought like, it would be hotter right now than me showing her how good at f***ing I am. Well, it sounds like something rude. It sounds like something rude. Okay, well lock in your answer then. What's your answer?

Well, I do know this because I watched last night. It's to do with the massage that Hamish was going to give her. They had a massage together like a proper one. He was like me. He didn't really like,

he didn't relax in a massage situation. No, you don't like to relax. And then he was like hey, what would be hotter than me massaging you right now after the person had left giving the massage. But then he sort of did a comical sort of, you know. Oh, the karate chop. Yeah. I love the karate chop. The karate chop's great because it looks like you're doing some heavy

lifting but it's easy. She was like, and Lexi afterwards was like, it was quite jokey. You know, his style of massaging, but I'm going to lock in massaging. Okay, I would have gone fishing. Oh, come on. Show her how good at fishing I am. Here we go.

Yeah, I just thought, like, it would be hotter right now than me showing her how good at massaging I am. I saw it last night. Otherwise, I would have no idea what that would have been. I'm no good at massaging. I purchased my wife a massage gun, so I didn't have to do it. Because my fingers get sore and your thumbs get sore.

I can imagine people that do it all day for their job. And I know you'd get used to it. You'd probably build up some sort of strength that some of us don't have. But it would be very tiring, very taxing. You'd rip a door handle clean off an office door, wouldn't you? Yeah, exactly. That's how strong those hands are. Here's the second piece of audio, Ben, the beep test.

Talk to me about your fishing abilities. I caught a fish once, and it was only because I f***ed in the water. It was only because I did something in the water. That was Todd. That was Aussie Todd from The Bachelorette. Well, you're playing it with me. I should be playing this with you because you haven't seen the show. I'll overgo.

Only because he caught a fish once. Only because he fell in the water. Oh, no. I'll give you another guess. The fish was attracted to something that he did on the boat. Danced? No. Put his fishing rod in the water?

He was a little seasick and something happened? Vomited? Yes. Talk to me about your fishing abilities. I caught a fish once and it was only because I threw up in the water. There you go. Well done. And here's the third piece of audio.

Never met a girl so excited about... That's amazing. Never met a girl so excited about... Oh, jeez, I'd say... Do you know this one? No, I do not. That's amazing. Never met a girl so excited about... Oh, jeez, I'd say... Do you know this one? No, I do not. I'm trying to think it was.

I think this was Paul, and Paul, this was in the home visit, but I'm trying to think about what... So excited about dumping 21 dudes? What are you going to look in? Oh, I feel like I should know this, but... So they've gone for a dinner I think it was eating?

yes I think you're right yes it was because he was a chef yes you're exactly right and she got all this amazing food and she was so excited I think you're bang on I've never met a girl

so excited about food and it's amazing well there you go so excited about food oh well there we go well done John you got that one I'm glad the audio didn't go to waste with the juice and juiciness.

We've filled in a good five minutes and it's been a lot of fun reliving some of our favourite moments from The Bachelorette. Enjoy the podcast. Have a great day. Two dads just trying to fill some airtime. Some may say it's pointless, but the main thing is it fills in some airtime for us. That is the main thing. John and Ben, breakfast on the hits.

We want your calls and you'll understand why very shortly, but we want your calls of when a celebrity has stared you dead in the eyes. And you always feel

so blessed, don't you, when a celebrity stares you in the eyes. When you make eye contact. It can be awkward making eye contact with people sometimes. You know, you're like,

but with celebrity, you're like, oh my God, they're looking at me. You're like, that's a better brand of eyeball staring at my gunky conjunctivitis.

My muntar eyes don't even deserve to be locking eyes with you. But Juliet, you've got a wonderful story. We've heard about your infatuation slash disturbing stalking of Justin Bieber. Yeah. But it's another Justin. Yeah, Justin Timberlake. I was at his concert in the mosh pit, as you are as a bright-eyed and bushy-tailed 16-year-old

at the very front, and there was a moment in the concert where he'd finished a song, and the cheering had sort of died down, and he was wiping his sweat with a towel. And I was like, ooh, golden opportunity. And I just start yelling, give me your towel!

Can I have your towel? Can I have your socks? and I just start yelling and because it had kind of died down like the noise and the cheering was and I was quite close to him he kind of looked at me I was like what you want my towel and I was was like, yes, yes, yes, please, Justin, please. And he's like, but I need it though. And I'm like, I need it more,

please, honestly, please. I'll have it. This is mid-concert. You're having a conversation. Yeah, yeah, yeah. In between two songs and a little intermission. Did the crowd hear this or what? Oh, yeah.

Because he's speaking into his microphone. He's like, this crazy lady wants my towel. And I don't think the rest of the concert could hear me because obviously

I didn't have a microphone. Well, it sounds like it might have been our dad. Our dad, you were talking. You literally stopped a concert to try and get a free towel. And then he was like, how old are you? And I was like, I'm 16. And he obviously saw me as kind of too young to take his towel. He's like, 16?

You definitely cannot have my towel. And the whole crowd was just like, oh, butt drop. And then what broke my heart even more is later on the show he threw the towel to someone else in the crowd. Someone of age. Someone who could handle a towel. You couldn't handle a towel. I know. Jay Tizzle breaking my heart.

Oh, wow. So that's all we want to open up. When has a celebrity stared you in the eyes? And that's always your dream at a concert, isn't it? To lock eyes with the band. Yes. With the singer on stage. I don't even, could they even, do they even notice? Well, that's a good point. It's probably just a sea of people.

If you are a musician listening right now, 100 of the hits, tell us if you even notice. Can you even, well, I guess in your case, Justin Timberlake didn't notice you. It's because I was screaming his ear. Okay, what celebrities have you locked eyes with, Ben? I had a moment when I was travelling around with my wife. We went through Las Vegas and we were at the bar.

Coincidentally, the bar we're at, there was a lady, Holly Madison, who was one of Hugh Hefner's girlfriends just before, for Girls of the Playboy Mansion. Well, she was there with her new boyfriend, Chris Angel. He's like the magician. Mind freak. Mind freak. And they came, it was like her birthday party.

They're like, clear the way, clear the way. And we're like, what's going on? What's going on? It's Chris Angel's birthday. Clear back. They're like, oh, okay. I was like, who's. They're like, clear the way, clear the way. And we're like, what's going on? What's going on? It's like, it's Criss Angel's birthday. Clear back. And they're like, oh, okay. I was like, who's Criss Angel? Oh, he's the magician guy.

Shouldn't he just turn up here in a cloud of smoke? He walked in and he was like throwing up $100 bills, American $100 bills at the hour. Could you just grab them? Oh, yes. People were going nuts. They were crazy. And then I looked at me and I was like, yeah, yeah.

And I sort of locked eyes for a second. It was Criss Angel. And I was like, he's throwing a bill. And he threw one up. And I was like, yeah, yeah. And I sort of locked eyes for a second. With Criss Angel. And I was like, he's throwing a ball and he threw one up and I was like, this is going to be the greatest moment of my life. We're backpacking around America.

I was like, and as I went to grab it, some other lady like jumped over the top like an all black and a line out and grabbed it and I was like,

oh. Yeah, so I didn't, but he locked eyes and he threw it up towards me but no, it wasn't to be so I didn't get my $100. What a wonderful act

of generosity just walking into a room throwing $ no it wasn't to be so I didn't get my $100 what a wonderful act of generosity just walking into a room throwing $100 I'd hate to be as a accountant hey poor people I know you want some

money I'll just chuck yeah we do we want money I want money but I'll give it to you but I want you to fight to the death for it I vaguely know

who you are but anyway just throw out some money Chris Angel Chris Angel I just imagined his accountant at the end of the year doing his text for it. I vaguely know who you are but anyway, just throw out some money. Chris Angel! Chris Angel! I just imagined his accountant at the end of the year doing his tax. Now, $800. Now, how did you spend that at a bank? Oh yeah, I was throwing money up

into the air. I was patronisingly throwing it at people. Did you get receipts from anyone? No. No. Those poor people, they had probably the greatest moment of their lives. Let's go to Hannah. Welcome. A celebrity stared you dead in the eyes, Hannah. Yeah, yeah, it did. It was Princess Diana.

Wow. Okay, so I grew up in the UK, and we were going on this school trip because Princess Diana was opening a badge on the canal behind the school for disabled children. So they rallied up the whole school, and off we went on a three-hour hike down the canal to see Princess Diana. And I was told that I had to give her flowers.

I don't remember the circumstance why I was chosen, certainly not model students. So I gave her the flowers, and she asked me what my favourite subject at school was to which I replied lunchtime which she found hilarious

but my principal not so much and I ended up with a week's worth of detention writing lines that my favourite subject at school was not lunchtime oh it's a great subject

though lunchtime oh I know, right? Yeah, that's... Especially when you're like, I don't know, eight. Yeah, and you should have said to the principal, it killed with Diana.

She was laughing. It's not a great joke, yeah. Yeah, I know. I didn't find it so funny. Hey, good on you, Hannah. Really appreciate your call. Thanks for listening. We'll go to Paige

in Taranaki. More in a page. Celebrity, look straight into your eyes. Yeah, I went to a 660 concert back in 2014, so I would have been 19, and Machu kept making eyes at me, and I see a heart-eyed emoji with a person

that would have seen me that night. Now, was he making eyes at you, or was he just looking out to the crowd? It's his job to look out to the crowd. I may have been a little bit delusional, but I swear that every time he was looking out to the crowd? It's his job to look out to the crowd. I may have been a little bit delusional, but I swear that every time he was looking at me, I was right up the front because I was ready to break up with my boyfriend if he was going to stare at me.

He is staring at me. You were going to break up with your boyfriend just because he glanced at you? Yes, I was prepared. I was breaking up with him in his face. We've actually got 15,000 other callers who said that Margie was staring them in the eyes too that night. We'll go to Jane in Greymouth. How are you, Jane?

Hey, guys. Good, thanks. And you? Yeah, lovely to have you on, Jane. Stared straight in the eyes by a famous person, a better class of person. Who was it? Oh, Pink.

Oh, wow. Absolutely. Hands down amazing. So I took my five-year-old daughter for her very first concert and we queued outside. Oh wow! to the whole concert, but Pink kept coming back with him forward. My daughter's got this long, beautiful blonde hair. So obviously she kind of clocked her, similar age to Willa at the time. And yeah, she kept giving him the heart signs and then

eventually came back and gave us a drumstick. Oh! A drumstick as well from Pink! Not only a glance in the eyes, but an interaction. And a drumstick. That's amazing. I bet your daughter hasn't washed her hands since. Neither have I.

Well, you should. It's definitely a hand-washing time in history. Yeah, there's a virus going around. We'll tell you about it another day. Good on you, Jay. Appreciate it. Actually, we've got a hold of Joel, the singer and frontman from LAP. Joel, welcome to New Zealand's Breakfast. Lovely to have you on. Good morning, team. How's it going? We're doing well, buddy.

Can we say congratulations on all your success all through summer? You guys have been everywhere, all over the radio, all over the country. It's been amazing. Thanks so much, man. It's been an incredible few months, that's for sure. I bet it has. Now, the reason we actually got a hold of you, Joel, when you're performing on stage, you're looking out at all of us munters.

We're like, players, we all know. Like in the weekend, you're looking out at all of us munters. We're like, play the song, we all know. Like in the weekend, you were playing in Christchurch, Electric Avenue, 25,000 people were there. Yeah. Do you actually look people in the eyes or you just see a mass of bodies? Well, you know, you definitely try and lock eyes with a few of them. I guess the funniest part on the weekend, we were jamming along and then this chick on the front was having a moment. And then next minute,

well, actually for the encore, the last song we played, this massive bra comes flying onto the stage. And that's only happened twice in an LAP show. People throwing stuff up? Yeah, it was quite a moment. I was like, damn, I'm sure I wasn't locking eyes that afternoon.

And bras are expensive. That's a $60 bra there, right there. It was deep inside. Good on you, mate. Really appreciate you coming on the show. You guys have got a show coming up, too. Yeah, Mount Smart.

That's right. Let's hope you Auckland lot You guys have got a show coming up too. Yeah, Mount Smart. That's right. Yeah, I mean, let's hope you Auckland lot sort it out and we can get up there. But it's looking like it's going to hit 27th of March. We can't wait. Oh, good. That's a field. Yeah, Mount Smart Stadium, LAB, Auckland, happening 27th of March. Can't wait for that. Thanks so much

for talking to us, buddy. We appreciate it. And congratulations again on all your success. Thanks, man. All good. Joel from LAB and if the show can't go ahead, at least it can have 99 people, not over 100. So a show will go ahead in some description. Experts in semi-accurate, half-remembered

information. Vaguely no information, but maybe not correct. Jono and Ben, New Zealand's breakfast on the hits. We were talking earlier about the Golden Globes ceremony that celebrated the best TV and movies over there in America yesterday. Some of the big winners? Yeah, so The Crown did very well. It won Best Drama TV Series as well as Best Actor and Best Actress

for Emma Corrin and Josh O'Connor. You got Borat, won Best Comedy. He also won, Sacha Baron Cohen Cohen Best Actor for Comedic Movie. Queen's Gambit won some as well. Schitt's Creek as well. That's a good show. It's amazing, isn't it, all these award ceremonies, for the most part, happening online.

None of the actors were there in the room. They were all accepting awards on Zoom. Is this the new norm? Is this what we're going to become accustomed to? I was also thinking too, you know, because a lot of these shows and even movies now are all streamed for obvious reasons with movies. Movie theatres not being open.

And, you know, but a lot of the big shows are just ones you can watch on your Netflix or your Neon or your Disney Plus and things like that. And it's kind of taken something out of the vocabulary. You can't say anymore, oh, I'll do it in the ads. You know, like there used to be a thing at home, you'd always say, you know, can you do such and such? Oh, no, I'll do it in the ads.

You can't do that anymore. You can't dot off to the loo. No. You can't go and call your mum. You can't clean up the dishes. Oh, yeah, I'll do that in the ads. Yeah, because you'll clean up the kitchen in installments, wouldn't you, over an hour-long show.

Not anymore. Yeah, my dad, one of his greatest joys, he's staying with us at the moment, is watching shows but then muting the commercials. Yeah, the old school TV. It's almost like those commercials aren't going to get the better of me.

They're not going to get their marketing across to me. We got talking in the weekend we were over at a friend's place and we had that conversation where it's quite a good conversation to have where you sort of, a group of people,

you're like, what shows are you watching right now? And everyone's like, oh, you need to watch Queen's Gambit. You need to watch Bridgerton. You need to watch Handmaid's Tale. You know, we sort of went around. It was probably a 20, 30 minute conversation. People would go, oh, the new Bryan Cranston one.

Your Honor is great. Oh, and you talk about that and you talk about another one. So it went for 20, 30 minutes. And then my wife obviously realised that I was there and we make, you know, TV shows. And so my wife, you know, she's way funnier than me. She's like, oh, I know a good show. You could be streaming, guys.

You could be watching Dog Almighty on TVNZ On Demand. And everyone laughed. But to the point where they laughed and then they laughed and I was like, oh, that's laughter. Why would we ever watch that? Well, when you put it into the same category as Queen's Gambit. It was like, why would we ever watch that? And then obviously I into the same category as your queen's gambit like why would we even watch that and then obviously you didn't realize that i my feelings might have been a little

hurt one of my friends was like oh my kids really like that show it's all right you know i was like like that was yeah they enjoyed that how could they tell your feelings were hurt since you start crying at the dinner table it was rolling down my cheek. Is it that moment you start laughing along with it, but then you stop a lot earlier than everyone else? You're like, hang on a second. This laughter's continuing on, and I'm not a part of it.

Are they laughing at me? Yeah, I know. It was one of those real wake-up calls. Yeah, to be fair, we were all filming that show. We're like, what is this show? It was a lot of fun. It was a lot of fun. It was a great show to be fair, we're all filming that show. We're like, what is this show? It was a lot of fun. It was a lot of fun. It was a great show to be part of and enjoyable to watch.

But you're right, it's not going to win a Golden Globe nomination, is it? It's not going to be nominated around a dinner table as recommended viewing. One thing I've noticed about Juliette is, Ben, you'll recommend a lot of shows to her. Almost on the daily, you'll recommend shows to Juliette. And she said, I must get around to watching that. And you never get around to watching them. No, I'm terrible at watching TV. I don't know why.

I just seem to run out of time in my day, which is a useless excuse, honestly. I don't even have kids and I somehow don't have enough time to watch TV. Yeah. You know, I just can't get hooked, I think. I'm no good at it either. And I feel once the boat's sailed, you can't catch up. Like in six months' time, I can't come up to you and be feel once the boat's sailed you can't catch up. Yeah. Like in six months time

I can't come up to you and be like, mate, how about the bloody Game of Thrones? Game of Thrones. You're like, oh,

that was two years ago. Yeah, everything. John Snow came back to life. You're like, yeah, mate, yeah.

Everything moves on too quickly. I know, but then sometimes it is nice to catch up. You know, you can catch up with Dog Almighty right now until you get onto my eyes.

What a watch that show. That is it. All right, we'll laugh to it. From stealing Mike Hosking's car to stealing the hearts of New Zealand. Jono and Ben, New Zealand's breakfast on the hits. Actual hearts being not bestowed. Last night on The Bachelorette,

it was the final and Lexi chose Hamish and she made him sweat with a bit of a fishing joke. There's just something that I keep tripping up on. I just don't know if I can trust that you actually know how to catch a good snapper or where to find decent kina. That was very impressive. Would you be confused?

Did you choose me? Are we fishing? What's happening? Am I the one that got away? They joined us over Zoom right now from their family batch in level 2, the brand new couple Lexi and Hamish, congratulations Thank you guys, yeah well I guess we were officially a couple a few months ago

it's just publicly officially a couple And I can tell you're officially a couple because you've got your hand rested on Lexi's knee, Hamish. I'm even quite fast. I've still got my hand rested on Ben's something under the desk. That's what we do. That's what we do too. You guys have been in a relationship for a long time.

We have, we have. You need to spill some spice in there. Yeah, you've got to keep it spicy. I work pretty hard. I push boundaries. So was it hard to keep it a secret? Because as you say, it was a couple of months ago, right? Yeah, what can you do?

You've got to do what you've got to do. We've told a few people we did buy some wigs. So we did go out a couple of times. Did you? Yeah. Because I was going to say, Hamish, you could put on a disguised moustache, but you've already got a proper moustache. It's part of my disguise, you know.

Is it part of it? Is it hard keeping a secret like that? Because I imagine even when you're walking down the road, people are grilling you in cafes and supermarkets. Well, we're yet to find out because today is the first day we're allowed out of the house together. So after this, we're actually going to go get a coffee. Oh, my God.

We're going out for dinner tonight. We've just gone crazy. Is it going to be weird having a date or a coffee without 39 cameras around? Yeah. Well, we have gotten a little bit used to that. But funny story, when we did get off the show, we get this thing called like ghost mic and you keep thinking you're Mike. So you watch what you say.

And I kept waking up in the morning thinking I was being filmed. It was like stuck in my brain. Wow. It took a while to wind down from the constant like invasion of privacy. Yeah. So, Hamish, what was it like for you watching it back? Because obviously you know that you ended up winning the show, I guess. Is it a winner?

Yeah, what prize money do you get? No. But it was weird watching Lexi go out on dates with other guys and being romantic? I got to the point after... point when she started kissing the other guys, I was like, maybe I just won't watch it. I'd go downstairs and she'd be like, OK, it's safe.

Was it weird for you watching yourself kiss other guys knowing that you were with Hamish? It didn't seem that weird, I think, because I actually did it and I lived it. So it wasn't like it was news to me. But I was very nervous to see myself kiss on TV the first time. But the first kiss was with Paul and I thought it was quite cute, actually.

So it was fine. I was way more nervous and then everything worked out fine. Now the problem is most normal people only have to spend their life avoiding maybe two or three ex partners. You've got to avoid 21. How's that going to go? Well actually

not too bad because everyone's friends. The boys are literally probably in more of a relationship than I am with Hamish. And it was weird because me and Todd actually had, during the house we had real like a bit of a bromance going on, so it was strange and we were in a fight all together Is it hard breaking

up with people? Yeah, it sucked, I hated it to start with it was definitely like la la la la la because you really don't know people but inevitably the more time you spend the less guys there are the more quality time there is it got really hard and um it sucked that was probably my least favorite part was um the fact that people's feelings had to be hurt

and essentially i was hurting them you probably got quite good at delivering bad news maybe they should get you out of the 1 p.m press conferences and stuff like that instead of Ashley Bloomfield. I think it's this old auntie that needs any help. Yeah, she needs help. We've got Hamish and Lexi with us. The bachelorette couple. Now, we're going to play a game.

Relatively new couple you are. And it's a bit of a couple's quiz, okay? How well you know each other? Yeah, let's do it. Let's see how you go. Okay, Hamish, what is Lexi's birthday? We want the day and the month.

August the 16th. Oh, well done. I wanted to figure that out yesterday. Hey, my nan's here and he said the wrong date yesterday. First argument, first argument. Love it, love it. Okay, we'll go. Okay, Lexi, do you know Hamish's birthday?

4th of April, 1990. Oh, well done. Favourite movie of Lexi's? Hamish, do you know what that is? Crazy Stupid Love. Oh, well done. Favourite movie of Lexi's? Hamish, do you know what that is? Crazy Stupid Love. Oh my gosh, on fire. Okay, Lexi, what is Hamish's nickname? Hamish doesn't have

a nickname. All him and his mates do is call each other Neff. Oh, that's what he wrote down. That's what he supplied us with. Let's go, favourite song of Lexi's? Hamish? All of Me, John Legend. Oh, well, it is a John Legend song, so I'm going to give you that one. Well done.

He's not. You thought you had me. It's not. Ordinary people. That's John Legend. I love it that we're creating a rift here between the happy couple. They're going to break up by the end of this interview. And Lexi, what's

Hamish's favourite song? It's definitely something by Drake but that's all I've got. Well done. It's God's Plan from Drake. You guys know each other really well. Okay, yeah. Well, you know it's been an intensive time. Hey listen, thank you very much guys for hanging out with us.

Congratulations. Thank you. We're excited. Yeah, I don't know. It's pretty cool. We look forward to seeing you guys hopefully out out with us. Congratulations. Thank you. We're excited. Yeah, I don't know. It's pretty cool. We look forward to seeing you guys hopefully out in public soon. We can have you guys in the studio. It's nice catching up. 100%. Thank you so much guys. Have a great day. See you guys. Ben and Jono call this show Jono and Ben.

Breakfast on the Heads. Hey, yesterday Prime Minister said that we should all be daubing on each other, calling each other out and confronting each other when it comes to protocol around COVID-19. So that is why I'm asking everyone to continue to back and support one another.

And if that means calling a family member or work colleague out for not following the rules, then we should do that. Do it with kindness, but do it. Here we go. Kindly call them out. That's the message. Which I kind of, you do understand where she's coming from. If you see someone breaching the rules or flouting the rules

and they shouldn't be doing it, call them out. But then are we creating a country of Karens? Because people love, you know, oh, such and such. Well, now we've got the official going, you do do it. You can start knocking on everyone. Yeah, no, I love it. Love a good knock. Do you want to do this?

We're going to open this up. The line where you can kindly call someone out. Not for COVID-based reasons. No, just for things around the household. Maybe lockdown. Yeah. Little misdemeanours. Maybe you want to kindly call out a colleague for not following protocol in the workplace.

Ben, can I kindly call you out, if you wouldn't mind? Okay, that seems to be the thing to do. What have I done? I would like to kindly call you out for accidentally spilling coffee on the work keyboard last week, and you not wanting to let upper management know about that. And I'd like to kindly call you out for that. Is there anything you'd like to say? I just thank you for bringing that to everyone's attention right now. I wanted to

keep that anonymous, but anyway, you have to report that. I did it kindly. I'd like to kindly call out my wife Amanda. She's very organised and she, like I just let my clothes ride it out all year in the wardrobe. You know, summer, winter, doesn't matter what they are but she's very, she's like, Amanda, she's very organised. I just let my clothes ride it out all year in the wardrobe. Summer, winter, doesn't matter what they are. But she's like, well, the end of summer,

we need to take the summer clothes and put them upstairs. Oh, she's seasonal with her. She's seasonal. But at the moment, because we're getting into autumn, we're in this sort of purgatory stage where there's clothes from summer, winter. Yeah, so it's just created clutter. The transition phase.

The transition phase the transition phase I'd like to kindly call her out that she's very organised but at the moment I don't like the transition phase I'm going to just leave it in there

all year round jam it in there we'll be fine you know sounds like you're kind of passive aggressively calling her no it's kindly

I'd like to kindly call out producer Juliet yes for secretly parking downstairs in the work garage without Joe, our car park manager, knowing.

Getting next to Mike Hosking again. You shouldn't be parking there. You know that, right? No, I'm just, you know. So I'd like to kindly call you out for that. Thank you. Just a kind little reminder that you shouldn't be doing that. So this is what we want.

This is what we want. It does feel good to get this off your chest in a kind fashion. In a kind, slightly. It didn't feel good when you were calling me out, but it felt good when I got to say it. Anyway. Okay, all right. So hop on board.

Is this kind? Hop on board. Of course it's kind. Okay. 0800, that's the telephone number. Are we still a team of five million? Are we still playing on the same team? I think the team's sort of breaking up, isn't it?

The team's gone off to play for other teams. The team want to see other people. 0800, that's the telephone number. 4487 if you want to text us. Who would you like to kindly call out? You can do it for anything. Big or small. Probably small's better than big. Yeah, that's the telephone number, 4487 if you want to text us. Who would you like to kindly call out? You can do it for anything, big or small. Probably small's better than big. Yeah, let's go small.

Yeah, not like, I'd like to call out Darryl. I know he's having a feel. We're like, eww. That's a bit awkward. You know the tone of the show. It's light. All right, we lightly dust over stuff. And this is our attempt at tackling something topical.

Exactly. Shall we go to Jane in Auckland? Let's get Jane on the air, Jude. Welcome, Jane. Hey, how's it going? We're doing well, Morty. And it's you now. Who would you like to kindly call out?

I'm hoping she's not listening, but I'm going to call out my workmate, Kayla. Oh, yeah? She left on Friday, I guess. I'm an essential worker, but she's not. Her fish pie in the work fridge. All just sort of wandering around work yesterday trying to work out what was smelling,

but went in the fridge and there it was. Kayla's fishy pie. Who brings a fish pie to work? I love a fish pie, but bringing it to work to head up at the work. You had a rich history of bringing fish-based dishes to work. Yeah, tuna was your... Tuna was real well.

A lot of people didn't like, people frown upon that in the workplace. Yeah, I got kindly called out for that many times and stopped doing that. See, I don't think it's bad if you bring fish to the workplace. It's only when you put it in the microwave to heat up because that's when the stench goes through the office.

Fine when it's cold, not when it's heated up. Something smells fishy and it's Jane's work fridge. Thank you for kindly calling out Kayla. Appreciate that. Juju, would you like to kindly call out someone? Yeah, I'd like to kindly call out one of my flatmates who when they crack eggs in the morning, the remnants of the egg yolk and whites go onto the bench and then it sticks and gets gross.

And then we get ants and I'm like, oh, good Lord. Oh, and they don't clean it up? No. How many eggs are you? Is I'm like, oh, good Lord. Oh, and they don't clean it up. No. How many eggs are you? Is this like a morning ritual, is it? Oh, you know, it happens every so often. More so in COVID with the WFH-ing, you know? Yeah, okay.

So the eggy residue on Julia's bench has been kindly called out. We'll go to Rochelle. Welcome from Auckland. Good to have you on New Zealand's Breakfast. Good morning. Who would you like to kindly call out, Rochelle? I know he's listening too So I'm going to call out my husband, Rich

He's been meaning to paint the deck And do the backyard for about six months now And it's still looking like a bombsite Well, there you go, Rich Kindly slash kind of aggressively call out Not as much kindness in that one But hey, that's right. I'd like to have my wines on the deck soon.

Yeah, no, fair enough. Wines on the deck once he sorts out the deck, so that'd be good. Yeah, if anyone from overseas is listening to this conversation right now, they'll be very confused. Oh, wines on the deck. Oh, deck, D-E-C-K. You've really got to get your lips around the deck. Deck, yeah.

Want more Jono and Ben? You can catch up with the boys anytime. Just search Jono and Ben on You can catch up with the boys anytime. Just search Jono and Ben on Facebook. The A to Z of New Zealand. Something we do every day on The Hits is we like to call a different town or city in New Zealand. We call one a day and we like to learn about each place we call. We're calling everyone alphabetically in New Zealand. Today we're heading to Manapuri, which is located at the edge of the Fiordland National Park.

And Lake Manapuri, did you know, the second deepest lake in New Zealand. But their hearts are New Zealand's deepest. If you like alpacas, then you're going to love this next caller. If you don't like alpacas, well then you may want to go and listen to Mike Hosking. Let's go through. Hello, Jessie speaking. Hello, Jessie. Yeah?

I don't know who it is. No, you don't. It's a private number. Oh, yeah, we're very mysterious. It's Jono and Ben from the Hits radio station. Hi, how are you? We're good. This has been a and Ben from the Hits radio station. Hi, how are you? We're good. We're phoning every day. This has been a shocking start from Ask My Bad.

We're phoning every town and city in New Zealand, and we're up to Manapuri. Oh, good on you. And you run and operate the Wild Wool Alpaca Farm. Yes. We farm alpacas. We farm alpacas. And farm them for their beautiful fibre

and also for breeding. They're adorable little animals, aren't they, the alpaca? They are. They are. Are they friendly? They are very friendly. You might be able to hear

one in the background, can you? Can we get a live alpaca? Here we go. Can you hear it? That's a male trying to woo a female over a fence. And how's that working out for him? Not very well.

The fence is coming between them. The fence is coming between them, yeah. And what's the female doing right now? We've got some live courting going on here. Yeah, we're actually moving them away. Oh, he's separated. So the female's like, oh, yeah, wouldn't mind. Well, we choose who mates with who,

and yeah, that's not the one that he's going to get. Oh, okay. But he's like, I like that one. He's like, we had a thing going on. I'm out in the paddock now. Yeah, moving them around and going to do some spit-offs. Oh, spit-offs? So we take the female, because if she spits at him,

it means that she's ovulated. And if she hasn't, she'll sit and they'll mate again. And then in another seven days, we'll bring them back together. If she spits at him again, it means that she's pregnant. Oh, really? This is a wonderful insight into the world of mating alpacas. Yeah. Yeah, completely different to other livestock.

If he gets a face load of spit, he's like, it's on. It's happening. It's like, okay. Oh, wow. So whereabouts in New Zealand are you as your farm? Manapōuri. Manapōuri, Fiordland. Oh, right.

Yeah. And apart from watching alpacas procreate, what else can we do in Manapōuri? So in Manapōuri, there's lots of walks you can do. It's close to the Kepler Track. Across the road, across the river, local river, there's the Phoenix Circle Track, plus a lot of little back tracks all through Fjorda National Park. You can go fishing, you can go hunting,

you can go boating. And you've got no COVID. No, no. Yeah, well. COVID free. COVID free. There has not been one case in Manapōuri. How does it feel having an area that's never had a COVID case

being put into level two? Oh, probably, look, the tourism had dropped away anyway, you know. That must be hard. It must be hard. I mean, it was hard all over New Zealand because we relied so much on, you know, tourists coming from overseas. We did.

We were 95% international tourists on our property here. But, hey, look, Kiwis have been getting out and supporting. So it's been really probably quite nice to have Kiwis, you know, staying with us this summer. Oh, nice. You're finding some silver linings in there. That's good. What's your business call if people want to go stay?

Kepler Mountain View Alpacas. Oh, well, come visit Alpaca Lunch. Do that. Do that. Come and watch us spit off. Come and watch us spit off. No, I appreciate it, mate. Alpaca Lunch.

I think an alpaca will spit in your face if they hear that joke again, Ben. Alpaca lunch. Okay. All right. All right. Wrapping up now. Okay.

Lovely talking to you. Take care of yourself, all right? Will do. And thanks for your call. That was really interesting. Some alpaca facts. You would have thought you'd got those. They're proud of New Zealand.

Woo! Go New Zealand! If only New Zealand was proud of them. Jono and Ben. New Zealand's breakfast. Go New Zealand. If only New Zealand was proud of them. Jono and Ben. New Zealand's breakfast. On the hits. Now, Brian Maloof, he's an American record producer. He's worked with acts such as Michael Jackson,

produced The Bad Album, Queen, Madonna, Pearl Jam, Stevie Wonder, Miley Cyrus. There's no one he hasn't really worked with in the entertainment industry. 53 gold, platinum and double platinum records to date. That's the heck of a CV, Jono. Hell of a CV. And let's see if he can produce a half-decent interview right now.

They're running a global competition right now. I'll give you some details at the end of this chat about how you can enter right here in New Zealand, how you could be the next person that he produces an album for just by being in New Zealand. Very cool competition. And he joins us now live via Zoom. You're in your studio, Brian.

I am, actually. I'm working on a song from an artist out of Barcelona, Spain, actually. Wow. When you're recording music, I've always wondered this, when you record a song, are you like halfway through the process, this is a number one hit? Yeah, do you know? Do you know when a song is going to be big?

I don't always. I have on a couple of occasions. One that really comes to mind was Lisa Loeb, Stay. I played that one time and I turned to my assistant and I said, this is a hit. And a couple of other times too, Pearl Jam's Even Flow,

I felt that way about. You know, I did a couple of other times, too. Pearl Jam's Even Flow, I felt that way about. You know, I did a couple of songs that Spin Magazine said were the worst songs in history. And I thought both of them, I thought were hits when I heard them. In history? You like out of all the songs? Number one and number two. I did them both. What a claim to fame.

What were the songs, bro? Number one was We two. I did them both. What a claim to fame. What were the songs, bro? Number one was We Built This City. Built this city. It's a jam. Don't shoot the messenger. I'm just telling you what they said. I loved it. Going on to not only work with Michael Jackson,

you ran for the likes of Queen, Madonna, Pearl Jam, Stevie Wonder. What is it like when you're having a sort of like a disagreement, not in a bad way, but just like you might think something and they think something else. Is it hard when these are some of the biggest artists in the world? No, they're the most eager to get input. They seem to always be happy to try something new. Yeah. And so working with someone like, what was Michael Jackson like to work with? Because you spent a year and a half with him, didn't you? I did. And he was awesome awesome i thought he was great he was um very dedicated always present you know he was a busy this was right during still the thriller releases that releases

from that album i think there were six releases from that album and it the whole time we were working there was singles coming out regularly. So he was quite busy, but really a dedicated musician, really involved in the making of music. And with Michael, it felt like there was nobody else. You know, he was very, very present. Now you're in the middle of a global competition, basically searching the world for the next big artist. Yes, that's exactly what I'm in the middle of doing.

I'm getting to hear the stories of people from tiny little neighborhoods and tiny little countries, you know, just as likely to be superstar talents as somebody living in Beverly Hills or Sydney, Australia or Auckland, you know, wherever in the world, Auckland, New Zealand. It doesn't matter where it's coming from. It's just coming from the heart. That's what this is all about. Now, I just wanted to, I don't know if you've managed to catch the Britney Spears documentary and obviously having worked with so many artists and you've probably seen lots of young artists grow up in the industry.

Is it a healthy environment for, you know, a pre-teen to actually grow up in, much like Bieber as well? Well, you know, a preteen to actually grow up in, much like Bieber as well? Well, you know, I don't know either one of those two people personally. I don't imagine it's easy. I don't think you'd classify it as normal, that kind of upbringing. But plenty of people come out the other side doing quite well. And it's a lot of their own personal constitution and how much they pay attention to their mental health you know

the family is super important i have not seen the britney documentary uh but obviously you know your home and your family if you're a young person and you're thrown into the spotlight that's very important that you have a great support network and and i've worked with a lot of young people you know at disney uh you know i had demi i had selena and miley we had um the jonas brothers were quite young although they were not as young as the aforementioned kids there but you know i've seen them all go through a lot of uh trials and tribulations and i i know i love miley cyrus now i think she's such a wonderful young adult. And the Jonas Brothers, I've followed their career. I think they're awesome.

Demi Lovato, still one of the most talented singer-songwriters I've ever come across. She still sounds great. And she's so adult about facing her own demons down. So those are all testaments to great families behind them. And that's how you come out the other side, smelling like a rose, as they say. Is there a song that you made that became a massive hit, but you wished you had done something slightly different on it?

And it niggles you. Yeah, I wish I had had a better bottom end on Pearl Jam's Even Flow. Oh, a better bottom end. Pearl Jam's Even Flow. Oh, a better bottom end. Now we've got Even Flow. Now, you know, actually, coincidentally, Ben was saying before this, he's like, I wish I had a better bottom end to that song.

I was. I wasn't going to bring it up, but now we're all going to be here. What's a bottom end? That was my next question. What's a bottom end? Like the way the bass and the bass drum balance out with the rest of it. I went for something really kind of bright and nasty,

you know, like hard hitting. Well, I mean, look, it didn't do badly. Yeah, hey. It had some moderate success, that song. I think you did pretty well. Thank you so much for your time. I really do appreciate it. It's been very interesting, fascinating talking to you.

Well, thanks for having me, you guys. It's been a pleasure. You guys are great for my mood. Oh, that is Brian Maloof, international recording artist, sorry, international record producing artist, and he's worked with the likes of Taylor Swift, Madonna, Miley Cyrus

and if you're listening right now or maybe someone you know reckon they could be the next global singing sensation, well, Brian's running a global competition. You get basically a trip to LA once travel is permitted to work with him to produce a single. You can find more details on the website.

That's Juki Awards. That's DJOOKYAWARDS.COM. We'll put up our details on our Instagram story as well. Paid to talk words and stuff into a microphone. It's New Zealand's breakfast. Jono and Ben on the hits.

Five words for 5K on the hits. You're only five words away from a massive payday. That's what we play every day at 7.45 on the show. Our Game of Word Association. You match your five words with our five words, you walk away from the show $5,000 richer.

Katrina, come on in from Auckland. Morena, how are you? Good morning, guys. How are you? Oh, we're doing well. Katrina, it's lovely to hear your voice. How's lockdown treating you? A rainy day, so definitely inside today, so it doesn't matter.

Yeah, right. You're running a bloody work kit operation. What's going on there? No, I just leave it to themselves. They're old enough. Yeah, right. Once they hit two, they can look after themselves. That's what I've always said.

That's what I've always said. Now, Katrina, you just need to successfully complete the task of finding out what we're thinking, what one of us is thinking. And at the moment, I'm thinking I must pick up milk on the way home. Oh, yeah. Yes. Yeah, mine's getting quite low too, but anyway. We'll sort that out later.

You've got to pick one of us to go into the sound. Poof, poof. Okay, I'll pick Ben. Yeah. Let's just cut out the middle man and Ben, you should just go in. Why do you put all the pressure on? Anyway, I'm going to do my best. We shouldn't bother doing this dance every morning.

Everyone's picking you because you are the number one seed at winning cash. Thank you, Juliet, for the dramatic music. How are you feeling about Katrina, Jew? I have positive thoughts today. I mean, I try to have positive thoughts every day, but Katrina, good luck. Thank you. You're a positive wee button, Jew, which is good because it cancels out my complete negativity. Katrina.

Yeah. You know the rules. I do. Match five words with Ben's five words. We'll give you $5,000, okay? I think so, great. The first word that comes into your head when I say spud. I'm sorry, I've got my kids here.

That's all right. Are they chiming in as well, are they? Spud, have a family meeting. Ahui. What? Pick up. Spud, is it as in potato? Spud.

S-P-U-D. P-U-D. Spud. Nick? Spud, potato? You going to lock in potato? Yeah, next? Bud potato. You're going to lock in potato? Yeah, we'll do potato. All righty.

Okay, it's a game the whole family can play. Apart from Grandma if she's hard of hearing. She won't be able to hear any of the second words. Kitten. Kitten. Have a chat to the team. Cat. Word number three. Word number three.

Word number three. Espresso. Coffee. Locking in coffee. Bank. Money. Money or night? Money.

Money. Money, that's what everyone's saying? Yeah, we say money. And the fifth and final word, Katrina. Award. Award. Award. You know, it's a hard one.

We're shaking our heads at that one. Award. You say it, guys. How do you think she's going, Ju? I like the thought you're putting into things. Yes. And that you're having a consultation with the family. Yeah. Award.

Award. Trophy. Trophy. Congratulations. What do you think, guys? Trophy. We'll? Congratulations. What do you think, guys? Trophy. We'll go trophy. All right, you're locking in there.

Those are your five words, Katrina and the crew, helping you out. Let's bring Ben Boyce out of the soundproof booth. If he matches five words with your five words, five grand. He's got a great track record. So far, he's pretty much given away $5,000 for every week we've been playing this game. Stop talking me up.

I know what you're doing here. It's a given. It doesn't mean that you... Anyway. What I didn't tell you is that Katrina has actually already spent the money. She's at the supermarket checkout right now. She's waiting for this to go. She's bought $5,000 worth of shopping.

There's 50 people backed up behind her. It's all toilet paper. She's waiting for this to go. She's bought $5,000 worth of shopping. There's 50 people backed up behind her. It's all toilet paper. She's panic purchased. Okie dokie. Katrina, what do you want to say to Ben? Good luck, Ben. That was quite tricky. All right.

Katrina was using the whanau as consultation through that whole process. Okay. You will just use yourself. Just use me. Oh, God. Okay. You will just play with yourself Here we go First word Spud

S-P-U-D Potato How's the team with that one Katrina? Oh they looked excited My heart's beating really fast here. And it's not even money for me. Are you going to have a stroke or a heart attack? Maybe, maybe.

Okay, we'll sort it. Try and hold it until the end of the game. Okay, let's get to the end. Kitten. Cat. First words. Whoops, there's the wrong one. There you go, there's your ding.

There we go. Well done your ding. There we go. Well done, Katrina. Yay. Two from two. Espresso. Oh, okay. I got two in my head for this one. What's floating around?

Oh, but I'm going to go for the one that's going to make me look like I'm a bit of a drinker. Martini. And you can hear the disappointment in Katrina's voice. Oh, no. Was it not espresso martini? What was it, Katrina? Coffee. Coffee.

Yeah, that was the other one I had in my... Damn. Damn. Oh, mate. Them's the bricks. That's the game. That's the game. We win some and we lose some in life and who's

to say you've been losing quite a lot lately? Not me. You keep putting me back in there mate. You have a go. I'm trying my best. How do we go on with the other words? What are the other words? Bank. Money. And award. Ceremony.

That was trophy. I mean the good thing is Katrina for you It wasn't four out of five I think that would be A more painful loss Thank you so much for playing Thanks to the family

Lots of love Sorry Katrina Another chance tomorrow morning 7.45 Jono might get in the booth How about that Ben likes it when I'm in the booth Because then he starts

Getting inside my head Real Kiwi blokes With soy lattes. Mmm. Shono and Ben, breakfast on the hits. Hey, thank you for hanging out with us on New Zealand's Breakfast. We've got The Bachelor and the winner of The Bachelorette joining us in the studio, Hamish and Lexi,

will be with us after 8.30. I don't know if you could tell I was trying to... I was thinking, does he know exactly who won? Because I've been watching, you haven't been watching quite as much. And so I was like, ooh, is he going to know? I was padding for time there trying to remember names, but it came through in the end, which is good.

So they're going to be joining us at 8.30. She came in once before. She's a lovely lady. Yeah, she was awesome actually, yeah. Really down to earth. So they're joining us after 8 o'clock anyway. Man, something is becoming the bane of my existence. And to be fair, it's probably the bane of everybody's existence. It's just we don't acknowledge it. And as

soon as you acknowledge it, it irritates you even more. And it's the constant soundtrack to my day of beeping. Just beeping. So this is my car beeping when you're parking. There's always technology just beeping at me. And that's like the, play that again, Drew. This is the equivalent of if there was a passenger in the other seat going, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa. You're right. It gets more and more frenetic. It gets more and more upset.

It sounds like someone's, the machine in the hospital's just flatlined, doesn't it? Yeah, it does. But yeah, so the car beeps at me. Then the fridge, I leave the fridge door open, the fridge starts beeping at me. Does the fridge think, maybe I just want to leave you open? Just this once.

Just deal with it, all right? Yeah, I used to tell my daughter, Andy, when she was little, that was going to explode. If she'd left it for too long, she was very worried. Like an action hero, she'd run, the fridge! The fridge! And she'd sprint from the other side. Shut up.

Shut the fridge! Oh, we really need to tell her that that's not what happens. But you've kept that sick joke running, haven't you? Yeah, and now she knows that it was just a joke, but at the time I was watching her. Wow, that girl really likes the fridge shut. She's very passionate about that. And then also the washing machine goes as well.

Oh, no, that's the car beeping me in again. That's the car when I get out of the car, it's like you forgot to shut the door properly just the whole time. Now, if this was a human, maybe all of these pieces of technology would be lumped into the nagging category. I don't know.

Oh, okay. Would you say? So you're classing the beeping as nagging? It's nagging. Yeah, I suppose it is a little bit. But it's also, I guess it's meant to be helpful, right? It is. But yeah, like I say.

So maybe I want to crash into the car behind me. Stop panicking, car. The one for me is the smoke alarms when they start beeping. When they beep like five minutes apart. That is the most annoying thing. And you're like, did I hear it? Did I not hear it? And then it's in the middle of the night.

Always in the middle of the night. Yeah, you're like, oh, did it hurt? No, it didn't. And it's just so far apart that you just sort of drift back to sleep. And then it's like, I think I heard it again. But the problem is you've got half a dozen through the house. So you have to go to each one individually and sit there at the three o'clock in the morning.

Didn't a friend of yours play a sick joke on... Yeah, he did. He put a smoke alarm under his mattress, like up on the inside of his mattress. And then it started beeping because it was near the thing. And this guy just tore up his room trying to find this

so there's a beeping every time I go to sleep I cannot find it everyone's like what no there's no and then in the middle of the night he'd just be like

opening the drawers it's gotta be here you'd think you were going bonkers yeah I did but it ended up being up inside and he was like

oh that's right I put it up inside your mattress well there we go we've talked about something that sounds more annoying than us being in the morning. Broadcasting live.

And mostly awake. Jono and Ben, New Zealand's breakfast. On the hits. Spy. The what's up. Spy.co.nz. All right. She's young.

She's talented. She's got the world at her feet. But enough about Benny. Here's Juliette, who's stuck here with us reading celebrity news. Come on down with Spy. That's probably one of my favourite introductions of me you've ever done. Now, the Golden Globes were held yesterday, which celebrates the best of TV and film in the last year.

It was hosted by Tina Fey and Amy Poehler, who have hosted it in the past. Ricky Gervais has also hosted it in the past, and he is known for his absolute ruthless roastings. He did a fantastic job, Gervais, as does Tina and Amy. Tina and Amy as well. But Gervais would, like, stand up there with a pint of beer, and it was like he was doing a pub gig.

Oh, and just roast the celebrities. Yeah. Yeah, well, so Amy and Tina, they did a bit of roasting, probably lighter. Not so much. The climate's quite right for that.

I mean, obviously, we've been talking about the Britney Spears doco and all the jokes being made at celebrities' expenses, so it's probably not the time or the place

to be doing that. So what's the result? Is the result a mildly amusing monologue? Kind of. Yeah. Yeah, you're right. It was actually, one of my favourite bits was the split screen.

So they were in different coasts. Yeah, so one was on the East Coast and one was on the West Coast and they kind of just merged them together on one screen. Kind of looked like they were in the same room. It did, actually. Even though they weren't. And at one stage, Tina Fey put her arm out to pat Amy Poehler on the back of the head.

It was obviously someone else's arm, but it almost worked, but it didn't quite work, and it immediately was very funny. So were they in front of a crowd? Yeah, so it was a small crowd, and here you go. Tonight, our audience on both coasts is made up of smoking hot first responders and essential workers. We are so grateful for the work that you do

and that you're here so that the celebrities can stay safely at home. Yes, thank you so much. So it was a small audience of essential workers in front line and they were all in masks, all socially distanced, but, you know, in their own little bubbles around in the tables. I have a question. Why was it a necessity to have both of them on either coasts? I'm not sure why that was.

I don't know the reason. I mean, probably, you know, if you're hosting, if you're in charge of the Golden Globes, you probably want to encourage people to stay in their bubbles and if that means, you know, showing Amy and Tina on different sides of the USA and showing that you can still

do work from different coasts then so be it. It's probably just enhancing the fact that we need to stay in our bubbles and stay safe during a pandemic. And different times as well. Isn't New York like three or four hours ahead of LA? Oh, right, so they would have been doing that. Yeah, they would have been.

Interesting. Yeah, well, good on them. It's still the same time for both of them. For both. It wasn't like one was doing it three hours later or anything like that. Yeah, I didn't turn up three hours. Oh, sorry, I didn't know that. Oh, the New York time, sorry.

I was... All good on them. And so mostly, it was mostly virtual, so a lot of celebrities accepted awards via Zoom and a lot of them were dressed to the nines, just like in their living rooms and stuff. But then there were some people who were dressed, I mean, Jodie Foster was dressed in pyjamas.

Jason Sudeikis, is that his last name? Sudeikis, yeah. He was dressed in just a tie-dye hoodie and everyone was like, that is the best outfit of the night. Just completely comfortable. It must have been a technical nightmare for the people who were like,

who would have crossed you on Zoom? You're on mute, you're on mute, I can't, your camera's not on. Yeah, it would have been so hard behind the scenes. The Crown, of course, did very well. It won Best Drama TV Series and Emma Corrin and Josh O'Connor, who played Charles and Diana, they won Best Actress and Actor.

Best Comedy Musical was Borat of course and if you've seen the second Borat or this Borat you'll know that there was that famous scene with Rudy Giuliani where he was seen sort of adjusting his pants and there was Borat's

daughter as well in there. And when Borat won, this is what Sacha Baron Cohen had to say. I've got to say, this movie couldn't have been possible without my co-star. A fresh new talent who came from nowhere and turned out to be a comedy genius.

I'm talking, of course, about Rudy Giuliani. Our movie was just the beginning for him. Rudy went on to star in a string of comedy films, hits like Four Seasons Landscaping, Hair Die Another Day, and the courtroom drama A Very Public Farm. So that was a good old speech from Sasha Baron-Cohen. And Best Director for Motion Picture was Chloe Zhao for Nomadland.

And she's the second woman ever to win Best Director at the Golden Globes. So Barbara Streisand won it in 1984. So that was cool. Oh, nice. Yeah, it was quite a cool ceremony to watch, I think, because it was just so different from all the other years. Yeah, well, there you go.

Good coverage, too, from you, Jude. I mean, there's a lot there. There's a lot there. I just lightly dusted over the highlights. No, you did well, mate. You did well. And that is Spy. For more, you can check out the hits.co.nz.

Want more Jono and Ben? You can catch up with the boys anytime. Just search Jono and Ben on Instagram. How's it going, guys? You all right, June? Yeah, I'm living the dream. How about you, Jono? Yeah, good.

I noticed Juliet during lockdown comes to work in track pants and a hoodie. Yeah. Hi. You know we still film stuff around the studio and stuff, do we? I know. That's what catches me out. Just as much as we normally hoodie. Yeah. Hi. You know we still film stuff around the studio and stuff, do we? I know. That's what catches me out. Just as much as we normally do. No, it's good.

We'll have videos afterwards we need to do. Yeah, it feels like track pant lockdown time, doesn't it? Yeah, I love the vibe of being in track pants and stuff. Just so comfy. Oscar, my son, he's meant to be on school camp at the moment. And so we're like, oh, we'll just make a camp around the house. And, jeez, tents are impossible to put up. We've had this tent.

I don't think I've ever used it. But it's always just good to say you've got a tent in case you need it. I'm not a camping guy. Are you a camping guy? No, not particular. No, but I, yeah. I have friends that love it. And you're like, it seems like a lot of maintenance, a lot of work,

a lot of admin setting it up and a lot of admin taking it down. But people that do it love it. Yeah, especially if you arrive on a Friday night and you're putting up a tent in pitch black darkness. You went camping on the weekend. I love camping. I'm surprised you don't know how to put up a tent. Isn't that just a basic skill, Jonathan?

I got there in the end yesterday. Frustrated, smashing poles around, throwing pegs and things, but we finally got this tent up. And, you know, it's hard to look like you're camping in suburbia, isn't it? Because you're like, you can just go inside and watch TV. You can use a shower. Yeah, you've got all those things. And I've just got this annoying tent on the lawn now.

And I don't know when I'll pack it down. I'll probably stay up for the next five years. It's going to ruin the lawn though. Oh, the grass will be all dead. It goes yellow. Yeah, underneath the tent. Yeah, under the tent. But yeah, so we had a survival thing yesterday because he's meant to do survival training.

And I was like, okay, well I've hidden packs of chips around the garden. You have to find the chips to survive. And what other activities do we do? Oh, yeah, we had our fun sports day, which was basically him playing PlayStation inside. So true camp stuff.

Yeah, exactly. I was talking to some people on the weekend, actually, speaking of camping, and they're sort of next level camping. You know, we have people that bring everything. And they're like, yeah, we took a bread maker. We made our own bread. We had a soda stream I was like

oh my god in the tent in the set up yeah they set up they had a powered site obviously running to the tent and they had everything that is the bougiest style

of camping I've ever heard and they were like man the kids their kids because they would like make bread and they had it pre-made and they'd just chuck it in

in the bread maker and then you know it would be made in a couple of hours and the smell would like waft around the campground and then the kids started like selling would be made in a couple of hours and the smell would like waft around the campground and then the kids started like selling bread

to all the other campers. Porting off their bread. Yeah, I was like, this is genius. See, that is organised. The thing with camping though is I think you need to weigh up your,

the ratio between setting up and the time spent at the location. Yeah. Because you know, you only went camping for one night, didn't you?

Yeah, I know. Was it worth it? Yeah, totally. Because you hang around, you one night, didn't you? Yeah, I know. Was it worth it? Yeah, totally. Because you hang around, you pitch all your tents in a massive circle and you've got a big gazebo that you all hang around, eat, listen to music. It's good vibes. How fun was packing down the next day? Oh, it was all raining.

Yeah, you're right. See, at least you've got to be there for at least a week to make your labour worthwhile. You reckon the set up and the pack down. But you don't know how to put up a tent, so of course you're going to want to stay there for a week to make it work. It'll take me a week to put the tent up. I'm sure the people just load it up and put it down quite simply.

But you, you're like, oh. They need one where you just push a button and it just goes boom. They do. They're inflatable ones. Oh, really? Yeah, they do. Yeah, friends of ours have got an inflatable one, right? Genius.

Exactly what you just said. Push a button. It just goes up. I like camping now. It's changed. I've done a full 360. Add these two men together and somehow you get three quarters worth of a normal dad. The hits with Jono and Ben for breakfast. Scrolling through your feed.

Okie dokie. What he lacks in journalism credibility, he also lacks in weight and strength. Here's Ben Boyce. What news has been breaking overnight, baby? Well, the final episode last night of The Bachelorette on TVNZ2, and Lexi had a big decision to make between Hamish and Todd. My family, I was saying,

my family really got into The Bachelorette, the show. The first episode, I need to watch it for work. I want to watch it for radio, you know, to see what's happening, because I think weachelorette, the show. The first episode, I need to watch it for work. I want to watch it for radio, you know, to see what's happening because I think we had Lexi on the show. Oh, so the only reason you watched it was for research purposes. Well, that was the first episode.

I was like, let's watch that. And then after that, my family had been hooked. They'd be like, it's Bachelorette time. It's tonight. It's Monday, Wednesday, Tuesday, Thursday. They knew all the nights though, yeah. Did the family agree with Lexi's choice? Well, this was the moment

before the final decision from Lexi last night. I went round and asked. And listen to how excited my wife is in the background. One ad break to go on The Bachelorette. Who's going to win? Hamish, for sure. Hamish, for sure? I'm so excited!

Why Hamish, for sure? I don't know, but I want him to win. Okay. Sienna, who's going to win? Well, I'm 50-50 because I don't want to put my money on something and then it doesn't happen. So, 50-50. Well, you're not putting any money down at all.

No, I'll just take the money that you guys have put down. No one's putting any money down. So, Sienna, I think you thought it was some sort of TAB. You can head to the bets. Match fixing. Why do you sound drunk? It's locked down, mate. Hey, I was.

I was. I was. I was. I was. I was. I was. I was. I was.

I was. I was. Anyway, I watched the Bachelorette. Seven beers deep. Who's gonna win? Yeah, so Lexi said goodbye to Todd. It was a very emotional moment. You felt really bad for Todd.

He was quite tearful. And then she had a big decision to make for Hamish. She brought him out there. It was quite emotional. She kind of, like, led him into almost, like, thinking, is she going to choose no one? Have a listen to this, what turned out to be a great fishing joke.

There's just something that I keep tripping up on with you. I just don't know if I can trust that you actually know how to catch a good snap or where to find me some dinner. Yeah, so it was a fishy juggle type. Flim flam. I know.

It did well. So she chose Hamish and we got Lexi and Hamish on the show after 8 o'clock this morning. Oh, that'll be nice. You do feel sorry for the other people, don't you? Oh, they all go through such an emotional time. It's a roller coaster.

Yeah, and then to have your heart broken on national TV as well. But mind you, it would have been filmed months and months ago, so I'm sure he's over it now. Oh, yeah, but then he gets to relive it. He gets to relive it all again, and everyone else gets to relive it as well. I got over that six months ago, but I guess I'll have to have this conversation

with Deirdre in the cafe. And tonight it starts again. The new Bachelor, Moses, who's one of the operatic trio of Solomio, starts tonight. They just roll into another series, so I'll be drunk watching that one tonight. Hey, Eric, it's your other one.

Hey, kids. And Meghan Markle, of course, James Corden spoke to Prince Harry over the weekend. That was going around the internet. And he did a wee FaceTime with Meghan. And during a FaceTime, she was wearing a $30 dress, apparently. The people who make the dress were very excited that she was wearing the dress. They tweeted out everywhere and put it all over the social media. Oh my God,

Megan owns one of our dresses and it was only 30 bucks. Nice. So there you go. She's keeping it real, eh? Affordable. Which I thought was quite interesting. Was it a Kmart jobby, was it?

No, it wasn't Kmart. It was like a family-owned business in LA. But they're selling it for 30 bucks. It's lovely, isn't it? So yeah, lovely and cheap. It's a lovely dress. Lovely dress and cheap too. Now that she's worn it, selling it for 30 bucks. It's lovely, isn't it? So, yeah, lovely and cheap. It's a lovely dress. Lovely dress and cheap too. Now that she's worn it,

they should hike the price. Well, you'd think so. 30 bucks is way too low, right? Once the Duchess has worn something, you know, it sells out. The clothes these days are pretty cheap, aren't they? Yeah.

So many clothes being made. Yeah, I know. I sound like Ben last night. I wasn't the bachelorette. There's just a lot of clothes out there. Yeah, I know. You're right, Jono. I sound like Ben last night. I wasn't the bachelor here. There's just a lot of clothes out there. Do you wear clothes? Here's another thing. And that is scrolling

through your feed this morning. Yeah, you know. Yeah. Nah. You know. The whole movie. Yeah, nah. She'll be right

and at the end of the day. Jono and Ben. Breakfast on the hits. Let's see some entertainment news. Spy. The WhatsApp spy.co.nz Well it's that time again It's our hourly update

of shaming celebrities What have we got Chew? And it's that time again for me to froth over Harry and Meghan once more Now the trailer for their interview

with Oprah has been released It looks like Meghan is pregnant in this video as well She's holding her stomach so it would have been filmed pre-announcement

but post-pregnancy. Pregnant or bloated. One of the two. Could have had a big meal the night before. Sitting there with your hands on your stomach. Harry brought some quickies out at some stage. Get you some quickies, mate. But the trailer has come out and it sounds

very good, very intense. Were you silent or were you silenced? I just want to make it clear to everybody, there is no subject that's off limits. Almost unsurvivable sounds like there was a breaking point. My biggest concern was history repeating itself. You've said some pretty shocking things here. Wait, hold up.

Wait a minute. The music makes it sound sinister. It does. It's so dramatic. It looks really good though. It does look very good. Apparently it's Oprah's favourite interview she's done because it was so candid and probably because she's been trying to get it for three years, to be fair. She's a really good

interviewer, Oprah. I think she's got a career in interviewing. She sticks at it. She might go places. She's saying it's, well, according to her friend, Gayle. Gayle King. Gayle King, who's also on TV. She reckons it's the most candid and bestest celebrity interview yet. The bestest? Did Gayle

say this is the bestest celebrity? She might have said bestest. She might have put it a bit better than me. It was initially meant to be just 90 minutes. 60 of those minutes was just with Megan, so the extra to make it to 90 minutes was Ben Harry adding on. Oh, here's the filler content. Push it out to 90. But now, it's going to

be two hours. Wow. So probably there's just a lot of content and they seem to not hold anything back. She looks quite emotional. They're holding hands, like grasping on for dear life, it seems. But I'm so excited. The patio, the balcony looks wonderful, doesn't it? Wonderful setting.

Not their house? Oprah's house either? Whose house is it? According, again, according to Gail. Gail's bloody spilled the beans. Was Gail meant to say all this? I think a mutual friend of Oprah's and hers or something. So someone else's house, yeah. So it's not actually Prince Harry's house or Oprah's house.

You can just imagine the homeowners, the kids get home from school, they're like, Meghan Markle's living in here, big white kids. If that was me, I'd probably just die. If you got home and Meghan Markle was on your balcony. Wow. I don't think Meghan Markle's going to and Megan Markle was on your balcony. Wow. I don't think Megan Markle's going to turn up to your scungy flat, Jude.

Yes, she would. Come on, Megan. And 660, oh, by the way, that interview is going to be out in just under a week. It'll be available on Monday next week, our time. I feel like you just want to play the entire two hours on our radio show. Yeah, that's what I will be doing. So very excited. No, I'm kidding.

I'm not. But 660, they released a new song recently, which we've played a couple of times on the hits. It's called All She Wrote, and they released the music video for it. It is a very cool creative music video. It's basically the band driving along in this sort of old convertible car and driving around the streets of Auckland,

probably just Auckland, and they come across lots of different famous New Zealanders. So they come across Dan Carter, who throws them a rugby ball as they drive past. And they never give that ball back, if you watch the video. They run off with the ball. They just kind of keep driving off with the ball. You'll have to get a new one from the chemist's warehouse.

Do they sell rugby balls there? I don't know if they do. You've got Dave Dobbins sitting on the side of the road. You've got Chloe Swarbrick on the phone. Joseph Parker, they nearly run him over. Well, they don't run him over, but he's crossing the road. Yeah, it's actually really cool. The little scene with William Wairoa, social media

superstar, as we like to call him. He cleans that window. Yeah. You've got Samantha Hayes, Mike McRoberts doing a live reporting cross. It's very cool. I would have thought, if Ben had directed that music video, it would have ended in a celebrity being run over in a comical fashion. They almost do with Joseph Parker, but

not quite. Yeah, but it's a pretty cool video. You can check it out right now. Yes, it is. And if you want to see some more spy, you can go to thehits.co.nz. To everyone pulling a sickie today, you're not fooling anyone. Jono and Ben, breakfast on the hits. Wrapping up our show on a Tuesday. Didn't quite give away the five grand today with five words

for 5k. Espresso. Oh, okay. I got two in my head for this one. I'm going to go for the one that's going to make me look like I'm a bit of a drinker, martini. Yes, so Ben couldn't pull through, but he is due to pull through to his AA meeting after the show. Back 7.45 tomorrow morning. Another chance for you to match five words with our five words for $5,000. And don't forget you can play online right now

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